Talisia. 827 



etc. (Bogota 1854) 10; Karst. PL Columbianae in Linnaea XXVIII. (1856) 436; Walp. 

 Ann. VII. 4. (1869) 628. — Sapindus sp., Cupania sp., Melicocca sp., Stadmannia sp., 

 Toulicia sp., Theophrasta sp., Brownea sp., Guarea sp. aut. var., cf. lit. sp. 



Flores spurie polygami, reguläres, mediocres. Galyx pentamerus, ad medium vel 

 fere ad basin usque dissectus, segmentis angustius (eutopice) imbricatis ovatis obtusis 

 vel (praesertim interioribus) acutatis, subcoriaceis, saepius obtuse carinatis, exterioribus 

 duobus interdum (in sect. 1.) brevioribus, omnibus puberulis, rarius (in sect. 1. inter- 

 dum) praeter margines glabriusculis. Petala 5, nunc (in sect. 1. et 2. et in sectionis 3. 

 subsect. 1.) calycem vix vel parum superantia et simul cum calyce expansa eaque (in 

 sect. 1.) supra unguem brevem auriculato-inflexa (inde quasi bisquamulata) et barbata 

 vel (in sect. 2.) squama perbrevi bi- vel subtrifida margine villosa intus aucta, vel (in 

 sect. 3.) squama subulato-lanceolata petalum ipsum subaequante integra vel apice bi- 

 fida intus dense villoso-pilosa instructa, nunc (in sect. 3. subsect. 2.) calyce 2 — 4-plo 

 longiora et serius expansa (intus supra unguem squama subaequilonga ut in sect. 3. 

 subsect. 1. aucta), praeter marginem deorsum ciliolatum glabra vel extus basi vel tota 

 pube varia induta, nee non intus glandulis breviter clavatis adspersa. Discus annularis 

 vel breviter cupularis, crassiusculus, inter petala in lobos vel costas plus minus promi- 

 nentes produetus, pentagonus, glaber vel pilosus. Stamina 8 (raro 5 tantum, cfr. T. rni- 

 crantha, reticulata) intra discum circa pistillum vel pistilli rudimentum centrale inserta, 

 floris masculi longiora, petala subaequantia, e basi fusiformi subulata vel filiformia, 

 glabra vel supra basin inter discum et gynoeceum intrusam hirsuta; antherae elongatae, 

 apiculatae vel (in sect. 1. et 2.) abbreviatae, partim obtusae (in sect. 2.), in emargi- 

 natura basilari affixae, leviter introrsae; pollinis granula triangulari-placentiformia, 

 triporosa. Germen in medio disci fundo insertum, ovoideum, 3-loculare, glabrum vel 

 adpresse pilosum, in stylum subulatum attenuatum; Stylus germen vix aequans, apice 

 certe glabrum, in stigma obsolete trilobum intumescens; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, 

 campylotropae, apotropae, adscendentes. Fructus bacca corticosa, granulata, ovoidea 

 vel ellipsoidea, magnitudine nucis Avellanae ad nucis Juglandis, plerumque abortu 

 1-locularis et monosperma, pericarpio trabeculis crebris sclerenchymaticis (vasa in- 

 cludentibus) extus (rarius intus) crassioribus et puneta elevata (granula) efficientibus 

 radiatim percurso, puberula vel glabrata, raro (trabeculis extus planis contiguis) sub- 

 laevigata, intus glabra vel raro pilosiuscula, styli residuis breviter apiculata. Semina 

 ellipsoidea, testa suecoso-drupacea, parte putaminosa laevi vel praesertim apice scro- 

 biculato-verruculosa. Embryo curvatus, cotyledonibus crassis carnosis amylo (et tan- 

 nino, interdum cellulis secretoriis quoque — cfr. T. subalbens, T. japurensis) foetis 

 transversim vel oblique superpositis, raro suberectis; radicula parva ineumbens, infra 

 medium seminis dorsum descendens vel subbasilaris, plica testae basilari excepta. 



Arbores vel arbusculae, interdum Palmarum more eramosae (sect. 3., subs. 2: 

 Acladodea) et folia ad trunci apicem congesta gerentes, antecedentibus katophyllis 

 (perulis) vel simplieibus subulatis (spinas mentientibus, ad gemmas laterales quoque 

 obviis — »aculei rigidi« Aublet sub Racaria) vel pinnatis. Folia sparsa, exstipulata, 

 petiolata, abrupte pinnata, 2— oo-juga, interdum late expansa, petiolo basi saepius 

 tumido rhachique teretiusculis vel subtrigonis, laevibus vel striatis; foliola opposita 

 vel praesertim superiora alterna, petiolulis brevibus interdum bulboso-tumidis suffulta, 

 nunc brevia elliptica, nunc elongata oblonga vel sublinearia, acuta vel acuminata, 

 integerrima, penninervia, submembranacea, chartacea vel coriacea, fibris sclerenchyma- 

 ticis in speciebus compluribus sect. 3. subsect. 2. a nervis in diaehyma aberrantibus 

 (praesertim in T. molli, hemidasya, pilosula, acutifolia, cupularl, pachycarpa, mega- 

 phylla), plerumque glabra nee nisi pilis minutissimis (microscopicis) subulatis praesertim 

 subtus vel pilis brevibus setaeeis adpressis adspersa, rarius pube molli vel hirsuta prae- 

 sertim subtus induta, glandulis microscopicis aegrius perspiciendis sat raris et fugaeibus, 

 in compluribus vero speciebus (sect. 3. subsect. 2: n. 26 — 38, exceptis forsan n. 32 et 

 36) stipite elongato articulato (articulis saepe vario modo compressis) insignibus et ad 



